Amy Winehouse’s ex Reg Traviss ‘raped friend twice’

Amy Winehouse’s ex-boyfriend twice raped a female friend who was consoling him over the pop star’s death, a jury has heard.

Reg Traviss denies two counts of rape (Picture: PA)

Reg Traviss allegedly attacked the woman while she was asleep after the pair spent a boozy night out.

The woman, who denies his claim she consented to sex, said they went out to make him feel better following the death of the troubled singer.

But, after the 35-year-old film director allegedly attacked her, he told her: ‘I always wanted to do this to you.’ He was dating Back To Black singer Winehouse when she drank herself to death, aged 27, in July last year.

His alleged victim told the court Traviss was feeling ‘shattered and quite distressed’ by his loss.

The pair – friends for five years – spent the night of December 30 last year at three different bars.

She admitted being so drunk she was unable to stand and accepted the offer of staying at his flat rather than getting a taxi home. But she claimed she awoke twice to find Traviss sexually assaulting her at his home in Marylebone, London.

The woman said she stayed in his bed after the first assault because he promised not to touch her again.

She told Southwark crown court: ‘I did not expect it to happen. I did not want to have sex with him. I don’t fancy him and I would not have said yes if I was sober.’ After the two alleged rapes she fell asleep until the next afternoon, when Traviss walked her to a nearby Tube station.

The woman said she delayed going to the police for three weeks because she was embarrassed and worried about media coverage of the case.

Traviss denies two counts of rape and will insist the couple had consensual sex.